Architect Takeshi Hosaka created a house that is fittingly named Outside In; it is a very modern expression of the traditional Japanese ideal of having a harmonious relationship with nature.

Hosaka’s clients, a couple and their three children, wanted to integrate nature into their one-story home in Yamanashi, Japan. The architect designed a saw-toothed roof created by concrete V-beams, resulting in one big space that is divided into a series of zones that progress naturally from public to private. The communal spaces open to the outdoors through a wall of glass sliders, while the rest of the house receives natural light through the skylights at the peaks of the V-beams, heightening the drama of the changing light throughout the day.